Cory-Wright Baronets
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The Cory-Wright Baronetcy, of Caen Wood Towers, High Gate, in St Pancras in the County of London and Hornsey in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 August 1903 for Cory Cory-Wright
Sir Cory Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet
Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright was the 1st Baronet Cory-Wright.The son of William Wright and Elizabeth Hooper, he married Mima Owen, the daughter of Sir Hugh Owen and Ann Wade on September 25, 1867...

, Chairman of William Cory & Son, coal and oil shippers. Born Cory Wright, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Cory in 1903. He was High Sheriff
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...

 of Middlesex in 1902. The second Baronet was High Sheriff
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...

 of Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

 in 1921.

The third Baronet was the husband of Felicity Tree
Felicity Tree
Lady Felicity Cory-Wright was an English baronetess, the daughter of the actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his wife, the actress Helen Maud Holt...

, daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor and theatre manager.Tree began performing in the 1870s. By 1887, he was managing the Haymarket Theatre, winning praise for adventurous programming and lavish productions, and starring in many of its productions. In 1899, he helped fund the...

.

Cory-Wright Baronets, of Caen Wood Towers and Hornsey (1903)

  • Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet
    Sir Cory Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet
    Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright was the 1st Baronet Cory-Wright.The son of William Wright and Elizabeth Hooper, he married Mima Owen, the daughter of Sir Hugh Owen and Ann Wade on September 25, 1867...

     (1838–1909)
  • Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Arthur Cory-Wright, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright was the 2nd Baronet Cory-Wright,He was the son of Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet, and Mima Owen. He was educated at Harrow School and at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1891 with a BA and with an MA in 1896.He was a Justice of the Peace for...

     (1869–1951)
  • Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright Bt was the 3rd Baronet Cory-Wright.He was the son of Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright, 2nd Baronet, and Elizabeth Olive Clothier. He was educated at Harrow School, and at University College, Oxford. A Regular Officer, on August 29, 1914 he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant....

     (1892–1969)
  • Sir Richard Michael Cory-Wright, 4th Baronet
    Sir Richard Cory-Wright, 4th Baronet
    Sir Richard Michael Cory-Wright Bt is the 4th Baronet Cory-Wright.He is the son of Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright , who was the oldest son of Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, the 3rd Baronet Baronet Cory-Wright...

    (b. 1944)
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